Opinion
Welcome to the home of expert equestrian opinion on the Horse & Hound website. Below are the latest thoughts of our columnists, whose views are published in Horse & Hound magazine each week.
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‘Riders’ focus on their horses’ body health is a positive step,’ says Pippa Roome after Kentucky Three-Day Event
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‘The FEI seems to be moving at a collected walk rather than an extended canter on things that “cannot wait”,’ says Carl Hester
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‘Breathless, chaotic, compelling – it was a proper, old-fashioned Grand National,’ says trainer Kim Bailey
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‘If a horse doesn’t perform, we have to look at ourselves and do better,’ says showing producer Gill Thompson
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Mary King’s career was full of stories of courage, determination and above all, her smile and positivity, says Mark Phillips
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Do you really know enough to put your mare in foal? I love my horse, but I regret breeding him...
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‘Framing older age as the underdog is not good for our sport,’ warns Pammy Hutton after being asked if she still rode ‘at her age’
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‘Twelve of the most stressful days of my life’: Graham Fletcher on top horses stuck in the Middle East while missiles flew overhead
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‘Why are we reluctant to speak up and voice our concerns to showing societies?’ asks H&H’s Bethan Simons
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‘If British riders want an early four-star event, why not run one at Barbury,’ asks Andrew Nicholson
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‘If the public don’t like what they see, they have the power to shut us down,’ warns Laura Tomlinson as she calls for change
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‘Nobody knows who is making up these rules, on what evidence, or why,’ says Carmen Edwards on new tack regulations
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Is Badminton not attracting enough entries to force a waiting list a cause for concern? H&H’s Pippa Roome shares her thoughts
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‘Rules should be informed, practical, and evidence-based’ says Rebecca Penny after NPS outlaws a certain noseband
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‘We must not be complacent’ warns Mark Phillips as cancellation of Maryland five-star highlights equestrian sport’s ‘fragility’
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‘You can’t expect 20-plus racehorses to come around a corner in a straight line’, says Davy Russell on the false starts at the Cheltenham Festival
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Dressage needs to answer harder questions than just ‘who did what in the warm-up’ to secure its future
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Anna Ross: ‘Everyone’s watching now, and willingness to question ourselves has to be part of the deal’
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‘Trouble can happen anywhere, but it’s an extra level of concern,’ says Jodie Hall-McAteer
